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Edward G. Robinson's initial reluctance to sign on largely stemmed from the fact he wasn't keen on being demoted to third lead. Eventually he realized that he was at a transitional phase of his career plus the fact that he was getting paid the same as Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray for doing less work.See more »

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Anachronisms: The movie is set in 1938, but at Stanwyck's house the radio is playing "Tangerine" which wasn't written until 1942.See more »

I've now seen this movie 14 times in 25 years, at all times of the
year, in all moods, sober or not etc - but always at night. I recorded
my copy off TV in 1987 so I can only imagine what a remaster would do
for it. With an atmosphere thick enough to cut with a knife it never
fails to engross and enchant me, and although it's been dated for 40
years or more still seems relevant and watchable today. TV, answer
phones, recordable CD/DVD, memory sticks and the internet have all come
between us and yet I can still watch Fred MacMurray speaking into a
Dictaphone without a qualm. Who wears a hat in California nowadays? Who
buys beer whilst driving! Lift attendants have gone but I can still
believe in Charlie working and laughing away in the garage past 11 at
night.

Woman and man agree to murder woman's husband but on the way to the
cemetery they face grilling by insurance company. I think everything
has been said before on the IMDb - by those who think it's one of the
best films ever made! To those who simply think the main problem is
that it's dated I wish you could see the TV commercials that dug into
DI back in '87 - what a hoot - and compare. I've just noticed the print
TCM UK is showing in 2005 is lip-synced out, very wobbly Rosza music
track, fading and ageing fast - worse than my 1987 video tape (maybe
logically). They're supposed to be encouraging people to enjoy the
classics but they won't do that with such inferior screening copies.
Dear TCM UK, this is an impressive iconic film - it deserves a billion
dollar remaster authorised by the Library of Congress, not repeatedly
trotting out unimpressive cheap worn dupes to fill those 2 hour slots.

Everything about DI from the acting, production, direction, and music
is superbly dignified and is as "close to perfection" as human beings
are probably allowed to get with this form of Art - especially with the
more limited technology at their disposal in '44. When most films from
now are long forgotten and dated DI will still be getting re-runs on TV
and art-house cinemas - God and remasters willing - that is the fact of
it.

Fortunia Bonanova certainly was fortunate to have appeared in bit parts
in 2 of the best films ever made - Citizen Kane the other.

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